SNP MPs host Palestine group

A Palestinian lobby group at the centre of a row over the “misuse” of parliamentary facilities has been hosted by SNP MPs four times in the past year, it has emerged.

Nationalist MPs — including Tommy Sheppard, a former deputy leadership hopeful, and Paul Monaghan — have hosted London’s Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) at four events in Westminster since November last year. The group has also been invited by the Labour party.

The PRC was criticised by David Davis, Conservative MP for Monmouth, for failing to challenge anti-semitic comments made by audience members at its event in the House of Lords last month. Davis called for an inquiry into the PRC’s use of parliamentary facilities.

Last week, Davis also suggested that political parties, including the…